On 5/8/2013 11:53 AM, Mark Jacobs wrote:
While there's no hard and fast rule, i.e. nothing prevents you from generating
any return code from your programs, it's a tradition that return codes are a
multiple of 4.
0 - Normal
4- Warning
8 - Error
12 - Severe Error
16 - Terminal Error
Which historically allowed you to handle return codes by
using a branch table, if you invoked the service from an
Assembler program.
Mark Jacobs
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Subject: Return codes
Hi ,
Can some one let me know why the return code generated is a mutilple of 4? e.g
4,8,12,16
Thanks,
Ron T
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